εἰ δέ. And if. Here and in 1 Corinthians 15:16 it is the simple continuation of the argument.

κενή, i.e. useless, in vain, as we say. Literally, empty. Vulg. inanis. ‘You have a vaine faith if you believe in a dead man. He might be true man, though He remained in death. But it concerns you to believe that He was the Son of God too. And He was “declared to be the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead.” Romans 1:4.’ Dr Donne, Sermon on Easter Day.

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